Is converting infrared light into heat efficient?

Infrared light converts to heat energy with high efficiency. Consider a fire. Infrared energy is produced, verified by the yellow-orange to red color you see. The heat produced by this fire is enor...
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Is it efficient to convert infrared light into heat?

Space heaters that convert infrared light into heat can be more efficient than heaters that use other methods of heating. Rather than heat an entire room, infrared heaters only heat the person or o...
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Can you heat a building with just infrared heat?

No, infrared heat is generally not efficient for heating an entire building. Because of its radiant heating process, it is best used for small space heating, materials drying or curing.References:...
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Are infrared heaters really efficient?

On One Hand: Infrared Space Heaters are 100 Percent EfficientInfrared space heaters are 100 percent efficient in converting energy to heat, but not all of them are efficient at distributing that he...
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Which has the greatest energy, a photon of infrared light,
visible light or ultraviolet light?

Einstein's equation for the photoelectric effect, E = hf (where E is energy of a photon, h represents Planck's constant and f is the photon's frequency), indicates that the energy of a photon is di...
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